The Mod of progressive Politics (TokenBoomer@lemmy.world) removes any opinion they don’t like and bans any users that hold these “descenting” opinions. I was banned for pointing out that a
The Mod of progressive Politics (TokenBoomer@lemmy.world) removes any opinion they don’t like and bans any users that hold these “descenting” opinions. I was banned for pointing out that a
Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Mod powers on social media will always be subject to abuse. The majority of people who start a community do so with the sole intention of being in control of it. Especially so when it’s a duplicate community of another, larger/older one.
And a decentralized platform like Lemmy just adds one more layer of easily taken power in the form of an instance admin. Anyone can spin up an instance if they were dedicated enough, and have much more control than a simple mod.
It’s super unlikely that there will ever be a totally fair and balanced platform, completely free of biased moderation. At best, you can choose to use sites and communities where your biases at least align.
I don’t really understand the outrage to be honest.
If you spin up an instance and put in the work it is the right of the admin to do whatever they want with it. They can ban you if they don’t like your username or whatever it is, and it’s fair game.
I think it is pretty entitled to use the stuff of someone and still have demands.
If you don’t like how the ship is directed you can always change ship and sail the same ocean.
Admins are responsible for the mods. They are just an extant of the admins and should act in their spirit. If they don’t act in that way they should get the boot.
I mean isn’t that one of the points to have different places from which to access the same content? Having different cultures and values?
So yeah, I agree with you. This will always happen and , in my opinion, people should stop being so surprised by it and start building their own spaces instead of demanding that existing places change.
Great analogy for the fediverse! People used to give me grief for being on more than one instance, but I had to jump around a bit before I found the places and m@tes that fit my ideals.